Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187399 | Rotary wax transfer decorating system A label applicator system transfers labels from a web to items moving on a rotary item transport. The applicator system includes a supply for supplying the web with the labels thereon and a take-up for taking up the web after transfer of the label from the web to th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172968 | Method and system for contacting of a flexible sheet and a substrate The invention relates to a method for contacting a flexible sheet to a first element with improved lateral alignment. The method includes a step of measuring a first lateral misalignment after establishing a first contact between the flexible sheet and either of the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172969 | Apparatus and method for ultrasonic processing of laminates A method for ultrasonic debulking a composite laminate includes the steps of defining a path across the laminate, the path having a starting location and an ending location and applying a force to and transmitting ultrasonic vibration into the laminate along the pat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8163115 | Method, system and article for producing a mailpiece envelope having improved seal integrity A method, system and article for producing an envelope having improved seal integrity. The method comprises the steps of disposing at least one material at the interface of the adhesive seal between the flap and the body portion of the envelope, which material exhib... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152945 | Method for producing display device A method for producing a display device includes: (A) coating a resin composition, which is a raw material of the cured resin, on at least one of the display part or the protective part, (B) closely attaching the display part and the protective part via the resin co... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147631 | Method for forming a laminate The method for forming a laminate of the present invention is a method for forming a laminate, comprising a silane coupling agent treatment step of applying an aqueous solution of a silane coupling agent onto a surface of a metal layer, and drying the resultant appl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147630 | Method and apparatus for wafer bonding with enhanced wafer mating An improved wafer-to-wafer bonding method includes aligning an upper and a lower wafer and initiating a bond at a single point by applying pressure to a single point of the upper wafer via the flow of pressurized gas through a port terminating at the single point. T... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8137492 | Apparatus and method for laminating tape on electrode of rechargeable battery An apparatus for laminating tape on an electrode for a rechargeable battery includes a supplying section for supplying an electrode having a current collector with surfaces on which active materials are coated at constant distances from each other. The electrode is ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128768 | Apparatus for manufacturing bonded substrate The present invention provide an apparatus for manufacturing a bonded substrate that suppresses a defect in the bonded substrate. When the pressure in a vacuum chamber is at the atmospheric level, upper and lower chuck units respectively attract substrates through v... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128769 | System and method for continuously manufacturing liquid crystal display device A system and a method for continuously manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, which can suppress the occurrence of stripe defects, are provided, and the system includes carrier film feeding means; peeling means for peeling off a sheet piece of a polarizing f... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123881 | Die-to-robot alignment for die-to-substrate bonding A method, a system and a computer readable medium having a set of instructions stored thereon for die-to-robot alignment for die-to-substrate bonding are described. First, a robot is aligned with a substrate to provide a pre-aligned robot. Next, a die is aligned wit... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114232 | Method and an apparatus for producing an insulating glass pane An insulating glass pane structure including two glass panes is formed by providing an elastoplastic strip from a delivery reel, where the elastoplastic strip has a varying dimension along its width including a first, nominal width section and a second, reduced widt... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110052 | Systems and methods for sorting in a package delivery system The present invention provides novel systems and methods for processing packages through a delivery network using a hub assist label. Generally described, the hub assist label includes indicia of a sequence of sorting locations that designates the flow of a package ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8092625 | Integrated circuit placement system This invention relates to a dice placement assembly for placing dice on a carrier. The assembly includes a support platform with a clamp mechanism configured to clamp the carrier onto said platform, and at least one camera operatively directed at the platform to det... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088236 | Apparatus and method for producing a large-area fibre-composite structural component The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing a large-area fibre-composite structural component, in particular for the aircraft sector, comprising a predetermined shaping element, a controllable laying device for the defined laying of at lea... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8062444 | Apparatus for conforming a planar film on an optical lens, method for functionalizing an optical lens by means of said apparatus, the optical lens so-obtained The present invention relates to an apparatus for conforming a functionalized flexible planar film on an optical lens. The apparatus according to the invention may also be used in a process of functionalization of an optical lens. As a factor of the functionalizatio... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052816 | Ultrasonic press using servo motor with delayed motion An ultrasonic welding method includes the acts of pressing an ultrasonic welding stack mounted for linear movement against a first workpiece using an electrical servo motor, applying a predetermined initial load to the first workpiece, and initiating a weld, the ini... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052814 | Position-variable control console A device and a method, in particular for labeling containers, in particular bottles, having a corresponding conveyor device, several equipment units, in particular labeling units, and a controller as well as a control console for controlling certain unit functions. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052815 | Method and combined set comprising a device and a film material for manufacturing foam cushions Method and combined set comprising a device and a film material for manufacturing foam cushions, for packaging purposes in particular, a film feed station (2) comprising feeding a film material (9) to a foam feed station (3), the said film mater... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048245 | Analytic substrate coating method An apparatus and method for producing a coated analytic substrate using a compact and portable automated instrument located in the laboratory setting at the point of use which can consistently produce one or a plurality of coated analytic substrates “on demand” ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043449 | Apparatus and method for fabricating shear test coupons An apparatus for adhering coupons together for adhesive shear testing may include a first member, a second member, at least one alignment device, and at least one separation device. The first member may have at least one first member cavity for holding at least one ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043450 | Method of cutting tissue using a laser A method of cutting tissue for use as an implantable medical device employs a laser cutting system. The laser cutting system is computer controlled and includes a laser combined with a motion system. The laser precisely cuts segments out of source tissue according t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038816 | Method and apparatus for separating protective tape from semiconductor wafer A method of this invention involves capturing an image of an outer periphery of a semiconductor wafer, by use of a CCD camera, performing image analysis on data about the captured image, detecting defects such as chips and cracks on the outer periphery of the semico... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038815 | Fluorescent dye to improve primer coverage accuracy for bonding applications A method of visually verifying the application of a primer or adhesion promoter to a surface for optimizing the adhesion of a bonding tape to the surface. A fluorescing agent is mixed with the primer and a light source is emitted on the surface causing the agent to ... | 10/18/2011 |
| RE42818 | Method of cutting material for use in implantable medical device A method of cutting material for use in an implantable medical device employs a plotted laser cutting system. The laser cutting system is computer controlled and includes a laser combined with a motion system. The laser precisely cuts segments out of source material... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025750 | Retreaded tire and method for producing same A retreaded tire capable of improving unbalance of the tire is efficiently produced. Retread rubber has the largest thickness in a joint part F on the circumference. Such a joint part F is arranged in a minimal location S (corresponding to a light location of... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021504 | Quality control method for ultrasound welding A quality control method for ultrasound welding. The method provides for the generation of a tolerance range which is adjusted to the progress of the welding process and which is generated from measured values which influence the welding process. A measured value to... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016962 | Devices for conveying and labelling containers and method for connecting a labelling unit to a conveyor unit A device having a conveyance device for conveying containers, to which at least one labeling unit for containers may be connected, wherein at least identification data of the labeling unit can be transmitted to the conveyance device. In addition, a device having a l... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016964 | System to prevent overloads for ultrasonic staking applications A system for performing an ultrasonic staking operation in order to join a first part having a post protruding therefrom and a second part having a hole through which the post is passed includes a horn having an end vibrating at a frequency in the ultrasonic range a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016963 | Precision lamination of multilayered structures This document describes the methodology for laminating layers of converted materials to form a precision laminated multilayered structure. With this methodology the pattern in the next layer to be laminated to create the multilayered structure can be adjusted based ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016965 | Information storing, readout and calculation system for use in a system for continuously manufacturing liquid-crystal display elements, and method for producing the same An information storage-readout-calculation system for use in a continuous manufacturing system of liquid-crystal display elements, comprising information storage medium for storing information of defects detected through a preliminary inspection of a continuous pola... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012279 | Labeling method and device In a method for labeling, a label strip (20) is moved by means of an electric motor (80). Arranged on this label strip are labels (26) of predetermined length (EL) with uniform interstices (SB). The motor has associated with it a position contro... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007612 | Method and device for position-compensated and angle-compensated welding The invention relates to a method for the position- and angle-compensated welding of a component (6) to a base body (5), in particular to a blow molding, comprising the working steps of three-dimensionally recording the geometrical and positional data ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998294 | Label manufacturing method and label manufacturing system In a label manufacturing method, at least a part of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet is heated to develop adhesive properties by using a thermal head having heating elements and by using a transporting unit that transport the heat sheet to pass through a position con... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993476 | Method and system for continuously manufacturing liquid-crystal display element A method and a system for continuously manufacturing liquid-crystal display elements, using a continuous optical film laminate which comprises at least an optically functional film having an adhesive layer provided thereon and a carrier film releasably laminated on ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988803 | Device and method for joining substrates A device for joining substrates (11) is provided inside a clean booth (12). a single axis robot (46) and a five axis robot (47) convey a wafer (25) and a glass substrate (33). A transcribing station (91) obtains a tra... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976657 | Method and system for continuously manufacturing liquid-crystal display element A method for continuously manufacturing liquid-crystal display elements includes steps of; continuously feeding an optical film laminate, calculating a length measurement data based on the feed length of the optical film laminate, detecting a mark provided to the op... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976656 | Gumming device and a method for gumming a web of wrapping material A method of gumming a web of paper material in a filter tip attachment machine is implemented using a gumming device that comprises a gumming roller and a transfer roller counter-rotating tangentially one to another about horizontal and parallel axes, and creating a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964046 | Apparatus and method for vibration welding The present invention relates to a method for vibration welding. The vibration welding is performed with a plurality of mechanically decoupled oscillating heads, each of which is connected with a frequency converter. An electrical circuit connects the frequency conv... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955456 | Method for printing a blister film web in a packaging machine A method is disclosed for printing a blister film web in a packaging machine, in which molded blister shells are closed with blister film. In the method, a blister film web is supplied to a sealing apparatus via a first transport system, and molded blister shells ar... | 06/07/2011 |
